incidentnoun/ˈɪnsɪdənt/

• 1

  An event or occurrence.

  • She could not recall the time of the incident.
  • It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
• 2

  A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

• 3

  An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

• 4

  An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

incidentadj/ˈɪnsɪdənt/

• 1

  Arising as the result of an event, inherent.

  • No major hazards incident to this job.
  • It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
• 2

  natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsFalling on or striking a surface.

  • The incident light illuminated the surface.
• 3

  Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.

  • As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
• 4

  Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.

  • All chances incident to mans frail life.
  • 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana the studies incident to his profession
• 5

  lawDependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

• 6

  mathematicssciencesIn a relation of incidence

  • The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G.
  • If there is only one ideal point U and only one ideal line u, then either (i) every point in u is incident with a line in U, or else (ii) no point in u is incident with any line of U.